Whilst I know it's probably impossible to say, is it likely that anything will be done about a dog-on-dog attack? I would be interested if knowing if anyone else has experienced a dog on dog attack and what was done about it.
My dog was seriously attacked by another dog last week. The other dog was being walked on a lead attached to a harness but slipped its harness three times to attack my dog. The owner of the attacking dog had to wrestle the dog off all three times. Each time my dog ran off and the owner put the dog back on the harness, the dog slipped the harness again and ran after my dog, caught up with him and attacked him again. The dog was not wearing a collar. Eventually I caught up with my dog after the third attack and picked him up and ran off. My dog was wearing a lead before the attack but slipped his collar in the commotion so ended up off lead. My dog was rushed to the emergency vets and into theatre. It cost me a four figure sum in treatment. My dog had several blood clots, required a blood transfusion and various stitches around his neck and ear area. He has a couple of puncture wounds in this area that are being left to heal naturally. He was lucky to survive and I believe if he was a smaller dog he would not have survived.
I informed the police who asked me to send photos of my dogs injuries and a photo of a very minor injury I got to my hand. The owner of the attacking dog was bitten quite extensively by his dog. The police are aware of the owner's name and address. I haven't heard anything since. The owner has had many reports made about him before. This is the first serious dog on dog attack, but his dog has killed a deer in a country park and has done many minor attacks on other dogs in that it has ran up to other dogs when the owner let it off lead, grabbed them and pinned them but not injured them badly. The owner would then become very aggressive towards the owner of the victim dogs by shouting and swearing at them because his dog was 'only playing'. He was told by the police previously to keep it on a lead which is why it was on a lead when it was able to attack my dog as the owner used to walk it off lead.
I am planning to send the owner the vet bill. I highly doubt he will pay it but worth a try. I am unsure if I need to wait until the police get back in touch before sending him the bill?
Would love to hear if anyone has any experiences/comments. I'm too worried to walk my dog again in the local area until I know this dog has been dealt with.